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First Edition of Famed Photojournalist's First Book Telex Persan; Inscribed by Him
PERESS, Gilles & Ghulam Husayn Saidi.
Telex Persan.
Paris: Contrejour, 1984.
First French edition, published simultaneously with the American edition of the photojournalist's first book. Folio, original stiff photographic wrappers, photographic endpapers. Inscribed by the photographer, Gilles Peress. In fine condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 969
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"LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY": LOVE STORY; SIGNED BY ERICH SEGAL, ALI MACGRAW AND RYAN O'NEAL
SEGAL, Erich.
Love Story.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition, early printing of the author's best-selling novel, a "sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental" work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut in a minor role. The film is considered one of the most romantic by the…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145831
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"A STATE OF JOY AND LAUGHTER": Signed Limited First EDITION OF JACQUELINE AND LEE BOUVIER'S ONE SPECIAL SUMMER
BOUVIER, Jacqueline and Lee [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis].
One Special Summer.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974.
Signed limited first edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. One of five hundred copies signed by the authors on the limitation page. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 147187
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"A lake is a pond is a river": First Edition of Luke Rhinehart's The Dice Man; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
RHINEHART, Luke [George Cockcroft].
The Dice Man.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.
First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Andy 'A lake is a pond is a river.' Luke Rhinehart." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 143807
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Rare edition in English of Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God is Within You
TOLSTOI, Count Leo. [Tolstoy].
The Kingdom of God is Within You: Or, Christianity Not as a Mystical Doctrine, but as a New Life-Conception.
London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1894.
First edition in English of the culmination of 30 years of Tolstoy's thinking which lays out a new organization for society based on an interpretation of Christianity focusing on universal love. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Translated from the original Russian by A. Delano. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 124089
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Rare Autograph Postcards Signed by Raymond Chandler to Jean and Vincent Fracasse
CHANDLER, Raymond.
Raymond Chandler Autograph Postcards Signed.
1957.
Rare autograph postcards signed by Raymond Chandler to his secretary Jean Fracasse and her son Vincent. Duodecimo, two postcards of Palm Springs, California, dated 21 November 1957. Chandler and Vincent had bonded over playing darts, and in the postcard Chandler tells Vincent to "have the dartboard ready" and that he'd "like to get you .22 rifle for Christmas." The postcard itself appears to have been used for darts also upon receipt. The other postcard is addressed to "Sweet and lovely Jean" and reports to her that he swam 14 lengths "but it was so cold outside I only did 2 dives."…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147854
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First Edition of Gandhi's Young India; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GANDHI, Mohandas K. [Mahatma].
Young India Second Series 1924-1926.
New York: The Viking Press, 1927.
First edition of the second series of the writings of Gandhi. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Gandhi founded and published the weekly periodical in English, Young India, from 1919 to 1931 to spread the philosophy and principles of the Satyagraha Movement and urge readers to participate in it. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chips and wear, name to the front pastedown.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142054
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Rare Royal military appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria
VICTORIA, Queen.
Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed.
1854.
Rare Royal Military Appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. One vellum leaf, partially printed. The document is dated 13th June 1854 and appoints Francis Eastwood Newport Tuiley to the position of Captain of a Company in the 21st Regiment on foot. Signed by Queen Victoria in the upper left corner, "Victoria R." Retaining the white Royal paper seal. Countersigned by Palmerston. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The document measures 15.5 inches by 12 inches. The entire piece measures 30 inches by 26.5 inches.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 125238
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First Edition of Edgar Beecher Bronson's In Closed Territory; Lengthily by Him
BRONSON, Edgar Beecher.
In Closed Territory.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1910.
First edition of Beecher Bronson's classic account of his hunting experiences in Africa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with nearly 100 photographs by the author. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "The author inscribed this volume for a well-loved kindred spirit.... Edwin Willard Deming, EB Bronson NY 12 Nov '12." The recipient was American artist Edwin Willard Deming, who studied under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre. In 1887 Deming first visited and painted the Apaches and Pueblos of the Southwest. His career of painting and illustrating took him repeatedly to the lands of the Blackfoot, Crow, and Sioux, as…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 62067
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Scarce First Edition of W.E.B. Du Bois' John Brown: American Crisis Biographies
DU BOIS, W.E.B.
John Brown: American Crisis Biographies.
Philadephia: George W. Jacobs, 1909.
First edition of this scarce biography on Brown, which was printed in a very small run. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Edited by Ellis Paxton Oberholzer.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 86458
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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories; Signed by Him
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
Early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Rear panel photograph by Jerry Bauer. Translated from the Spanish by J.S. Bernstein. A superior example, uncommon signed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 97433
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First Edition of Zora Neale Hurston's Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel
HURSTON, Zora Neale .
Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.
First edition of this humorous novel set in Florida, a place Hurston knew well, having been born in Eatonville, an entirely black Florida town. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 143512
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"The crux of the matter is whether total war...is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose": John Hersey's Hiroshima; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Lengthily Inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
Hiroshima.
New York: Milestone Editions, 1946.
First Milestone edition of Hersey's classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter Rubenstein: 'The crux of the matter is whether total war...is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose.' -p.122 John Hersey August, 1984." In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144305
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First Edition of John B. Foster's Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide; with a photo of Babe Ruth and his Minor-League Team
FOSTER, John B; [George Herman 'Babe' Ruth].
Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide Thirty-Ninth Year 1915.
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1915.
First edition of the first official baseball guide to feature an image of Babe Ruth. Duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with over 100 full page engravings of ballplayers and teams and 16 cartoons by famous American artist Homer C. Davenport, featuring George Herman 'Babe' Ruth's first ever appearance in a Spalding guide on page 198. In very good condition with light rubbing to the spine and extremities. An incredible piece of baseball history.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145326
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First Edition of The Adventures of Augie March; Signed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Viking Press, 1953.
First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the John Steinbeck ad on the rear flap and no reviews. Jacket design by Robert Hallock.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 58004
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"In this world, no one is all knowing, and therefore, all of us need both love and charity": First Edition of If You Ask Me; Warmly Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt with a Lock of Her Hair
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
If You Ask Me. [AND] Eleanor Roosevelt Lock of Hair.
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1946.
First edition of this discussion of socio-political questions. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Olga with good wishes Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by a group of ephemera which includes: an autograph note signed by the recipient, the note reads in full, "I took care of her hairstyle for this picture! Olga Meyer;" a newspaper clipping featuring a photograph of Mrs. Roosevelt talking with Professor Harold J. Laski, chairman of the British Labor Party, at an atom bomb forum; and an autograph envelope which reads,…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146912
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First Edition of I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa; Inscribed by Charles Brandt and Signed by Al Pacino
BRANDT, Charles [Al Pacino].
I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa.
Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, 2004.
First edition of "the best Mafia book I ever read, and believe me, I read them all" (Steven Van Zandt), basis for the 2019 Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Brenda, Darryl tells me you're going to like this. Hope so. Warm regards, Charles Brandt." Additionally signed by Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino, who played Jimmy Hoffa in the film opposite the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chad Roberts. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147472
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"The Truth Will Set You Free. But Not Until It Is Finished With You": First Edition Of The Author’s Magnum Opus Infinite Jest; With a Signed Promotional of this Novel
WALLACE, David Foster.
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Signed promotional of Infinite Jest laid in. Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146279
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Rare First Edition of Heinrich Harrer's Seven Years in Tibet; Signed by Him in English and in Tibetan
HARRER, Heinrich.
Seven Years in Tibet.
London: Rupert Davis, 1953.
First edition and first English translation preceding the American edition by one year of the author's classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Signed by Heinrich Harrer in English and Tibetan on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 132331
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Rare Autograph Letters Signed By Joshua Slocum
SLOCUM, Joshua.
Joshua Slocum Autograph Letters Signed.
1899.
Rare autograph letters signed by the first person to sail single-handedly around the world. Royal octavo, one page on Yacht 'Spray' ruled onionskin stationary, the text reads in full, "Fairhaven Mass Sept 1st 1898 Dear Mrs Anthony: Will you please accept my thanks for the nice book received from your hand? The work shall remain in the Spray Library a souvenir of her snug berth at [Saint] Anthony Bight. Again with thanks I am most sincerely, Joshua Slocum The 'Spray.'" In very good condition with mail folds, some creasing, a few small closed tears, and a tiny loss to the…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146633